Question about Wild Bill Hickok

I've wondered about that too. I heard he killed 30 men in one battle as a sharpshooter which might imply it was a cartridge gun.

That's a good question: I have a lot of references to his revolvers, but no specific information on carbines or rifles. He did have, and was interned with a U.S. Springfield 50-70 that had been sporterized, but this would be post-war.

At the beginning of the war he worked as a freighter, driving a wagon – and later became a scout. It is possible that he depended on his brace of revolvers and didn’t carry a long-gun, for the same reason that Pony Express riders didn’t – to save weight. Joseph G. Rosa might know, and maybe he could be reached in the U.K., but I don’t have a current address.

What part of the country did WBH do his Civil War service in?

What part of the country did WBH do his Civil War service in

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Alot of time in Missouri.

I'm currently reading Rosa's "They Called Him Wild Bill" and the only thing that I have come across so far is his:

"brace of ivory-handled revolvers strapped to his waist, and an extra pair in holsters that fitted about the horn of his saddle.....these were long-barreled ones, capable of carrying quite a distance."

Also, Legend has it that he joined the Red Legs who were armed "with Colt's revolving rifles and the new 1860 Army revolver."

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I examined Great Gunfighters of the Kansas Cowtowns. 1967 - 1886, by Miller and Snell. They have an extensive chapter on Hickok, including entries dated during the Civil War, but nothing specific on weapons. I have a feeling he did not attract much attention during the war that would leave a writen record, other then the McCanles incident in July, 1862. If he had any special reputation at all it must have been a local one, and didn't make the newspapers.

Small world... according to Wickipedia...

David McCanles' great-great-grandson is Captain Bruce McCandless II ... is a now-retired NASA astronaut who made the first untethered spacewalk.[2]